They demand declassification of Pemex audits
Deputies of the National Action Party (PAN) demanded that President Claudia Sheinbaum declassify the financial reviews and audits of Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) during the administration of Víctor Rodríguez Padilla. They considered the argument that it compromises strategic information “vague.”
This, after EL UNIVERSAL revealed that days before resigning from Pemex, Rodríguez Padilla classified the findings of internal audits as “reserved” for three years.
“False, it is about covering the corrupt backs of this man accused by his wife of physical abuse and domestic violence,” declared PAN member Paulina Rubio.
He added that reserving the information is a sign of the President’s “unconditional love and support” for women’s aggressors. “Now the president gives us a new face, her commitment to opacity and corruption in Pemex.”
Shield against corruption
Ernesto Sánchez, federal deputy of the PAN and member of the Transparency and Anti-Corruption Commission, warned that this is “a new attempt to shield corruption from citizen scrutiny.”
He pointed out that access to information is a constitutional right and that reservation is only justified exceptionally, not to hide irregularities or protect “friends” of the regime.
“Morena has turned the exception into the rule. What should be maximum publicity is used to close files and avoid accountability. Transparency cannot be applied only to adversaries. Reserving information of public interest feeds the suspicion of impunity,” said Sánchez.
Federico Döring, GPPAN spokesperson, stated that “all of Víctor Rodríguez’s misdeeds at Pemex before he left will remain hidden.” He pointed out that oil spills and “corrupt” contracts given to companies related to López Obrador’s children will be protected.
“Sheinbaum’s government protects this man so much that they watched his back so that the deals he made under higher instructions would not be known,” added Döring.
Raúl Torres Guerrero, local PAN deputy, assured that Pemex “is practically bankrupt” and reserving information compromises the administrative failure and would turn on red lights for international rating agencies. “For the world, Pemex is no longer a solid company but a burden for the Mexican State.”
Torres criticized that Mexico cannot compete “when it has corrupt companies that do not provide guarantees for investment, send oil to dictatorships like Cuba or give contracts to friends of children of former populist presidents like AMLO.”
